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"Since the mid 1990s, Jay-Z has set the bar high, often unattainably so, for hip-hop’s ambition and triumphalism. Age can remake you, though..."

http://www.latimes.com/

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"You dropped outta school, you lost your principles,"

Jay-Z "4:44"

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Image from the Jay-Z "4:44" tour that came to Dallas American Airlines Center.

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Photographs showing family and legacy which is constant theme through out "4:44"

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Jay-Z interview about the LP, with the New York Times.

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Jay-Z "4:44" Music Video, Title Track.

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Jay-Z has built is career on combing musical elements like density and closeness, while creating a autobiographical element to his music along with a translating adventures production. As a virtuoso of his time his is a scholar in everything from R&B to Broadway show tunes, and this is reflected throughout his body of work. Further, according to Rolling Stones Biography of Jay-Z, what separates him from his contemporaries is Jay-Z’s ability to looks past financial gain, but also the progression of hip-hop furthered success and impact on culture. As an African American male growing up in Brooklyn, New York selling dope, Jay-Z is a true case of rags to riches, while also giving back to where he came from.

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Arguably one of the greatest living rappers, who has be consistently successful, Jay-Z has dropped his latest project LP, “4:44” This project gives the world an intimate insight into his success and his failures, as he covers his marital issues, his legacy, and the current state of society. Jay-Z uses his voice to as means into a mirage of word play as he breaks down the complex topics of adultery, his life as a black serial entrepreneur. What separates this project from the rest of his more successful albums is the fact that Jay-Z, a man with almost everything, who has found success, still is able to humble himself as he reflects on his actions as a man. A more mature and wise Jay-Z discusses his vision of his Legacy as he visualizes himself in his children. As man who has everything after living a life on the streets, even as he sits on the mantle of hip-hop royalty, he is not immune to the fault of being flawed.